Decision Making and Psychological Outcomes in Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Inclusion Criteria:

- Able to read, write, and communicate in English Patients who have been diagnosed with
LR-PTC as described above

- For Aim 1, adults with recently diagnosed LR-PTC who have not yet made a choice
between surgery and AS

- For Aim 2, adults with LR-PTC who made a decision about surgery or AS at least 3
months prior, but no more than 4 years prior to their routine follow-up visit at which
they are being recruited for this study.

- Active patients of MSK and participating institutions

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have been diagnosed with a tumor greater than 2 cm

- Patients with clinically suspicious lymphadenopathy in the neck

- Patients with evidence of gross ETE after a biopsy of the papillary thyroid tumor